O Brother, Where Art Thou?: For Banjo

This is a good book for learning to play a number of the songs from the movie on Banjo but I must admit that after getting the book and listening to the CD again I didn't realize just how little banjo is on the actual album. Most of the music is guitar, mandolin, fiddle and dobro.If you just want to play these songs on Banjo this book is great. If you are trying to duplicate the exact sound of the songs on the sound track then pickup Hal Leonard's O Brother, Where Art Though for guitar, and for Mandolin.Some of the turnings get a little funky but then that is part of the problem these days that everybody, including myself, tend to play 99% of the time in open G, where as in the old days a good banjo player was judged by how many different turnings they knew.

Nearly every song requires different tuning, which is a huge pain for a beginner player like myself. Otherwise, fantastic collection of music

Easy to follow and lots of great songs

Something I had to have.

Good version of Man of constant sorrow

Great book! Had a great time learning these songs.

The book is great for having the lyrics, melody notation, and chords. However, for tablature for banjo, it rates a 'one' on SIX of the 12 songs in the book. Of the 12 songs in the book, three are in standard banjo G tuning, three in D tuning (retuning the banjo), which is do-able if you're not in a performance. But, SIX of the song tablatures are written in ridiculous tunings for a banjo that can't be accomplished easily or quickly or by using a capo. Oddly, though, THREE of these songs have guitar chords and music notation written in the key of 'C' and one in the key of 'G' which SHOULD have had the SAME key signature for the banjo tablature but were not. I don't understand what the author's reason was for doing this, but I think this book is a disservice to it's buyers. I bought the book because I wanted usable tablature for banjo...you'll get 6 USABLE songs in reasonable/common banjo tablature...the other SIX songs you'll have to retune your banjo all over the board. If that's you're thing, and you like replacing broken strings, go for it.

I have wanted to learn these songs on the banjo for years... Now its just putting my nose to the grindstone and learning.

This is an excellent song book written in tablature some are simple to play others a little more complicated includes all the hits from the movie

Bought for my partner along with his first banjo! He's a fan of the film and is enjoying learning how to play the songs. Prompt delivery, thank you

Exactly what I was looking for in a book containing banjo tab from the movie O Brother where art thou. I particularly enjoyed the index.

It’s very well written for the banjo n also gives tuning for the songs as well very pleased with it n the seller was awesome and it arrived early